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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OYRUS B. CROSBY, OF CORTLANDVILLE, NEV YORK.

CLOTH ias-RACK.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,149, dated November28, 1865.

To all 'whomrt't may concern:

Be it known that I, GYRUs B. GEosBY, of Cortlandville, in the county ofCortland, in the State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedRack for Hanging Clothes to Dry; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full ...nl exactdescription thereof', reference being hadto the accompanying.;` drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, like letters representing like parts.

A represents a substantial staff; b, sockets, fastened to the saidstatt' with screws and containing balls, with projections c fastened tothe arms d with screws; f, vertical bars, pivoted to the arms d, whichserve as a partial support, the arms heilig principally supported bymeans of the projections c from the balls ot' the sockets b,- G,t'ra1nesor wings; t', slots in the sockets, so cut that any three ofthe saidframes or wings G may be swung together in a horizontal position, whilethe fourth, directly opposite,

may remain in said position or may be folded from said position byraising the arms d or sections, as represented by G, as may suit onesconvenience, or may be swung around in such a position as to make, withthe third wing from it a right angle, so that the said rack maybe set ina corner of a room while in use, and consequently occupy but a verysmall space; and when not in use each frame or wing may be foldedseparately and adjusted vertically, as shown at K.

The arrangement of the staff a, the sockets and balls b, withprojections c, the arms d, and bars f, operating substantially as andfor the purpose sgecitied.

UYRUS B. CROSBY. Witnesses GEORGE B. J oNEs, ETHAN A. IvEs.

